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FAUQUIER’S planning staff has concocted some elaborate proposals which they say could help arrest, channel or direct the coming floodtide of development. They propose such things as “clustering,” to help preserve open space; a trading off of “development rights,” and encouraging growth by building sewer systems in specific locations. None of these things have worked very well in other locations which have tried them, and, the expectations of success in Fauquier aren’t all that sanguine, either.
Which leads us to our point; No plan, no matter how elaborate or up-to-date, is a substitute for the best approach to preserving the rural Piedmont Virginia so many of us love—and that is to elect good, solid conservative conservationists to office, and then support them in their brave efforts to prevent destruction. That’s been the case in Loudoun; it’s the case in Clarke; for a short time it was even the case in Fairfax, which has precious little left to save. And, so far, it’s been the case in Rappahannock.
The Piedmont’s best hope continues to lie in the wisdom of the men elected to guide the area’s destiny, enact its rules and regulations, and demonstrate a deep appreciation of this beautiful Piedmont’s true values and resources.
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